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Water seeks its own level, on a quest to find the sea; The answers we seek taste of metal, our understanding like liquid drawn from a well that finds the hard edges of knowing, the galvanized pail holding the essence of our being in one place, in this world. What is outside this frame of…
Should you and I want to discuss the ins and outs of our belief (how one way suits and others don’t), let’s keep it to the point, and brief, and leave those things like faith behind. For faith and reason do not meet; the one without the other fills quite different needs: pure faith exists…
Religion is not the enemy; it is just a tool employed by those who would control and those who seek to rule by any means to make it seem as if this world is just a dream. It’s not great evil or great good; it does exactly as it should, considering why it was made:…
If this were a Christian country by Jehovah’s rules, there’d be much more compassion and glad suffering of fools, less hands out full of gimme with mouths full of much obliged, no clear advantage to the rich, less chance of a free ride. There’d be a lot less hoarding, much less emphasis on fame; the…
Tonight, I answered questions from a survey-taking girl who wished to know where I weighed in on God’s place in the world. The purpose for the questions seemed to me a bit unclear; more fodder for pro-Christian ranting or control, I fear, but I took part, and did my best, although the answers seemed to…
The times when goodwill, peace and love are praised are rare indeed; and rarer still those instances when thought translates to deed. So in such seasons where these things are found, take heart, rejoice, and with compassion, grace and honor add your hands and voice. It matters not whose holiday was borrowed, changed or nicked;…